Thursday, December 29, 2011This Week: Africa.com′s Top 10by Africa.com Editorial Staff Our New Year's edition celebrates agricultural progress on the continent, as well at the continent's ever-growing middle class. We also take a look at South Africa's women's football team, and we see how Swaziland is celebrating the legacy of Steve Biko.
Wednesday, December 28, 2011In Ethiopia, Microfinance Lifts Poor Out of Povertyby Andualem Sisay, Africa RenewalAt the outskirts of Addis Ababa, 45 kilometres south of the Ethiopian capital, Aselefech Desalegn fights the flames she uses for baking enjera, Ethiopia’s staple flatbread. Like millions of poor Ethiopian women, she is also constantly battling to feed her children.
Tuesday, December 27, 2011A Father’s Dream Come True at Auberge Zoladoby Andrea Papitto, Producer, Essakane Film and Geoff Weiss, Travel WriterWhen Abdelhakim (Hakim) Sabri was a child, his father had dreams of opening an inn or guesthouse in their village.
Friday, December 23, 2011This Week: Africa.com′s Top 10by Africa.com Editorial Staff , On the eve of Christmas weekend, we take a look at how the global holiday is made vis-à-vis South Africa.
Thursday, December 22, 2011Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala on the United Nations′ Millennium Development Goalsby Wilmot Allen, In 2009 at the Davos conference, Wilmot Allen interviewed former managing director of the World Bank, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, about her opinions of the Millennium Development Goals, established by the United Nations. She is currently Nigeria's minister of finance.














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